Henry Hayter

Henry Heylyn Hayter CMG FRGS (28 October 1821 – 23 March 1895) was an English-born Australian statistician

Life

Hayter was the son of Henry Hayter and his wife Eliza Jane née Heylyn,[1] and was born at Eden Vale, Wiltshire, England. He was educated at Charterhouse School and at Paris, and entered the Merchant Navy as a midshipman.[2] He emigrated to Victoria, Australia in December 1852.[3]

Hayter married Susan Dodd, daughter of William Dodd, in 1855 and they had a son. Henry's brother Harrison Hayter was a distinguished civil engineer in England.[3]

References

  1. ^ Neeson, I. J. (1976). "Hayter, Henry Heylyn (1821–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  2. ^ Parish, William Douglas (1879). List of Carthusians, 1800–1879. Lewes: Farncombe and Co. p. 115.
  3. ^ a b Serle, Percival (1949). "Hayter, Henry Heylyn". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

Sources

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Harris, Charles Alexander (1901). "Hayter, Henry Heylyn" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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